The idea of using microorganisms, especially microalgae, as biosorbents of heavy metals deserves particular attention due to their natural biosorbent properties and the relatively simple and inexpensive methods of obtaining ...

Rates of hybridization between wild and domesticated animals appear to be increasing worldwide. Recent results suggest that genetic introgression from domestic swine into European wild boar is much more common in local ...

The present study aimed to identify potential macrozoobenthic habitat indicators of the ecological success of restoration
projects. As a part of the complex restoration project in the Słupia River floodplain (N Poland), ...

This study complements earlier research on wild bees (Apiformes) in the “Góra
Gipsowa” steppe reserve and other habitats near the town of Kietrz (SW Poland), close to the
Czech border. It also attempts to reassess the ...

Research was carried out on fruits and seeds of Nymphaea and Nuphar taxa collected from Poland, Latvia and Estonia. The aim of the research was to establish diagnostic features which could enable identification of the ...

The material presents the results of a study of the gynoecium and fruit structure of the genus Hydrocharis L. The structure of the female generative organs of Hydrocharis dubia (Blume) Backer was studied and described for ...

Oribatid mite communities in moss covering the roofs of buildings in towns of Bolstad, Luster, and Sørheim (in Sogn og F jordane, Norway) were investigated. These mites were rather numerous and rich in species, which was ...

Oribatid mites live in the soil or plant matter and usually feed on living and dead plant or fungal material, lichens, carrion, or some species are rarely predatory. Oribatid communities were investigated in litter under ...

Mesostigmatid mites (Acari) were studied in various microhabitats of Central Croatia (Dalmatia). Altogether 320 samples (taken during August 2002) and 2074 individuals were examined. Checklist of soil Mesostigmata, with ...

Oribatid mite communities were investigated in southern Italy in litter under yew, pine and cypress trees. These mites achieved the highest density in yew and cypress litter in a park in the inland town of Caserta, and the ...

Moss mites were investigated at the edges of 4 bodies of water located in bogs: 2 lakes in Brodnica Lakeland (O and S) and 2 pools in Orawa-Nowy-Targ Basin (K and LP). The lakes differed from the pools in most of the ...

The species diversity of soil gamasid mites (Acari) in southern Croatia (Dalmatia) was studied in August 2002. In the Krka National Park, Brač Island, and near the town of Makarska, 320 samples were collected from various ...

The research was conducted in ‘Linie’ Nature Reserve within the Lower Vistula Valley Land-scape Park in central Poland. We analysed the annual abundance dynamics of soil mites as well as changes in gamasid community ...